End-gate for wagons



(No Model.)

1). E. LANTZ. BND GATE FOR WAGONS- No.V 534,652.

Patented Feb.l 26, 1895.

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DAVID EDGAR LNTZ, OF MATTOON, ILLINOIS.

END-GATE FOR WAGONS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 534,652, dated February26, 1895.

I Application filed March 19, 1894. Serial No. 504,294. (No model.)

nois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in End-Gates forWagons; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilledin the art to p which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to end gates for wagons designed for carrying grainloose or in bulk, although it may be used with advantage with alldescriptions of wagons or similar vehicles.

The object of the invention is to provide an end gate which when shutwill effectually close the end of the wagon, and when desired the tailboard of the same can be swung outwardly for the purpose of removing thecontents. The end gate can also be turned outwardly so as to form ashoveling board for receiving the grain as it is shoveled from a carorother structure and directing it to the wagon.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination ofparts hereinafter fully describcd'and claimed.

' In the accompanying drawings: Figure lis a perspective View of therear end ot' a wagon constructed according to my invention the end gateand tail board being closed. Fig. 2 is a similar view the end gate beingclosed and the tail board swung outwardly or opened. Fig. 3 is a crosssectional view. Fig. 4 is a perspective view showing the end gate lowv-side pieces metal brackets consisting of standards 4, having aperturesfor the passage of securing screws or rivets 5. At their upper endsthese brackets are formed with slots 6, to receive the ends of the rodsfor holding or locking the tail board when closed, as will behereinafter described. The lower ends of these standards project downinto recesses in the Wagon body and are pivotally connected with saidbody by means of pivots 7,"secured thereto. The standards are alsoformed at their front edges with inwardly extending flanges 8, againstwhich the tail board abuts when closed. f

At their upper ends the sides of the end gate are connected together bya stationary transverse rod 9, the ends of which pass through plates 10,secured to the outer sides of the side pieces. Connected with this rodare downwardly extending bars12, having their lower ends bent rearwardlyat a right angle forming lugs 13, to which are pivoted a bar 14, theupper end of which passes through a loop l5, of a casting 16, secured tothe side of the wagon. The upper end of this bar 14, is formed with anotch adapted toengage with the upper end of said loop for a purposehereinafter explained. Y The numeral 17, designates the tail boardhaving a transverse bar 18, n earits upper end through which the rod 9,passes and which forms a journal or pivot thereforn Near its lower endthe tail board is provided with a transverse cleat '19, having a centralbore in which are located two outwardly extending rods 20. The innerends of these rods are bent at a right angie forming arms 2l, whichproject through a V-shaped aperture 22, in said cleat whenythe tailboard is swung outwardly oropened. Intersecting this aperture is arectangular slot 23, with which said arms engage when the tail board isclosed. The outer ends of these rods are adapted to project into theslots 6, in the standards 4.

The operation isas follows: When in the position shown in Fig. l, theend gate and tail board are closed, the lower end brackets of the sidesof the gate projecting down into the recesses in the wagon bed orbottom, the tail board resting against the flanges 8, ot' the bracketsand the rods 20, extended outwardly so that their ends will engage withtheslots in said brackets, the notches in the bars 14, engaging with theupper ends ot' the loops 15, and locking the end gate in place.

To open the end gate, the arms 21, are turned upwardly out of engagementwith slot IOO 23, into the opening 22. They are then pulled inwardlyunlocking the tail board which can then be swung outwardly as seen inFig. 2.

To use the device as a shoveling board the tail board is closedandlocked and the bar 14,

vdisengaged from the loop 15, when the end gate can be swung downwardlyon its pivots until it assumes the position shown in Fig. 4, when thebars 12 and 14, will be in the position also shown in said ligure, thelugs 13, engaging with the lower ends of loop 15, and holding the endgate in position.

Secured to the upper ends of the end gate are inwardly projectingcatches 24, which serve as stops for the tail board whereby when thelatter is opened and inverted as shown by dotted lines Fig. 1, they willsupport the tail board in such position.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. The combinationwith a wagon, of the end gate comprising the sides pivoted to the wagonbed, the pivoted tail board, the downwardly extending bars connectedwith the upper end ot' the end gate, having their ends bent rearwardlyforming lugs, the notched bar pivoted to said lugs and the loops securedto the wagon body with which said lugs and notched bars engage,substantially as described.

2. In a wagon, the combination with the end gate, the brackets securedthereto formed with slots and their lower ends projecting into recessesyin the wagon bed, the pivots for connecting said brackets with the wagonbed, and the rods for locking said tail board when closed, of thedownwardly extending bars secured to the pivot of said tail board,having theirlower ends bent rearwardly forming lugs, the notched barspivoted to said lugs and the loops `connected with the wagon with whichsaid notched bars and lugs engage, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in' presence of two witnesses.

DAVID EDGAR LANTZ.

Vitnesses:

EDDIE GUCKER, BRYAN H. TIVNEN.

